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In her first year as head coach, Cheryl Moody, a native of Gadsden County has led the Lady Panthers to a district title. The Lady Panther Basketball Team as not clinched the District Title since 2007. Although her team is young, they are starting to understand what it takes to win ball games. Her coaching philosophy is “rebounding and defense win ball games.” Their district record is 8-0, and the overall record is 13-8.

The East Gadsden Lady Jaguars and the West Gadsden Lady Panthers are in the driver’s seat for the opening game of the next round of the state series starting this week. East Gadsden won the 4A District 2 and West Gadsden won the 1A District 4 titles in dominating fashion. Both teams also used the home-court advantage by hosting districts in their own gyms.

EAST GADSDEN
The East Gadsden Lady Jags got a huge win over a powerhouse team this past week. The team defeated Jacksonville’s Raines High School 59-47. Dondrea Harris broke out for 33 points. Shanecia Bethea added a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds. Also big on the boards was the Jaguars’ Keyaria James, who pulled down a team-high 12 rebounds.
The team defeated Maclay earlier in the week 68-35 and West Gadsden 60-15.
MUNROE

This past week marked the final week of district play for our four county girls basketball teams. This week the teams will fine-tune their skills and next week is district tournament time!
In play last week, the East Gadsden Lady Jaguars defeated Maclay 68-35.
Munroe and Tallavana met up on Tuesday night at Munroe, and Tallavana held on for a low-scoring 28-23 win. Tallavana Christian lost to Liberty County 68-48 the week before.

West Gadsden cruised to a huge victory at home this past Friday against Jefferson County. The Panther’s offense explosion began with a huge dunk by Mark Bradwell at the beginning of the contest. The home team held its offensive momentum throughout the entire first two quarters of play, and took a 37-19 advantage into the third period.

EAST GADSDEN
The Lady Jaguars earned two wins this past week, with one being a close win over a long-time rival and the other being a blowout that allowed the bench to empty early.
East Gadsden 69
Rickards 57
The Jaguars used a big first quarter and had four players in double-figure scoring to defeat Rickards. The Jaguars were led in scoring by Keyaria James with 23 points, Shanecia Bethea scoring 19 points, Harris adding 13 points and Jamiya Bittles chipping in 10 points.
East Gadsden 66
Taylor County 12